Varaha Purana 175.16: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 16
The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter
Uttara Bhāga · Narrative continuation: travel party and family status
तेन सार्थेन सा कन्या मथुरायां जगाम च॥ कनिष्ठा भगिनी तेषां बालरण्डा बभूव ह॥
tena sārthena sā kanyā mathurāyāṃ jagāma ca || kaniṣṭhā bhaginī teṣāṃ bālaraṇḍā babhūva ha
tena sArthena sA kanyA mathurAyAM jagAma cha || kaniShThA bhaginI teShAM bAlaraNDA babhUva ha
તે સાર્થી સાથે તે કન્યા પણ મથુરા ગઈ. તેમની કનિષ્ઠ બહેન નાની વયમાં જ વિધવા બની ગઈ.
Sandhi Notes
- विशेष सन्धि नहीं
- पदच्छेद स्पष्ट।
Varāha to Pṛthivī
Curious (inquirer framework)
Human fortunes shift abruptly (youthful widowhood), underscoring anitya and the need for dharma-based support structures.
Cultivate compassion and social protection for the vulnerable (widows/orphans) within dhārmic community life, especially in pilgrimage settings.
Only locational foreshadowing via Mathurā.
Varāha Purāṇa 175.15–16 (Mathurā/Ardhacandra pilgrimage frame continues)
FAQs
It hints at travel infrastructure (sārtha) and social vulnerability (early widowhood), themes that appear in narrative literature as catalysts for later ethical and ritual developments.
Mathurā is explicitly named.
The verse is primarily descriptive; ethically it sets a context of social precarity that later Purāṇic passages often address through norms of care and support.
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